Bills / H.B. 460
H.B. 460 Candidate Nomination Procedures Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would create two kinds of registered political parties, primary nominating parties and convention nominating parties, and require each registered party to choose one. It would change how candidates are nominated, including signature-gathering thresholds, and would remove rules about qualified political parties.
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Official description
- defines terms
- repeals provisions relating to a qualified political party
- establishes two types of registered political parties:
- a primary nominating party that nominates candidates through signature-gathering only, participates in the regular primary election, and has the name of the primary nominating party listed on the regular general election ballot in association with the party's candidates
- a convention nominating party that nominates candidates using a method that does not involve the signature-gathering process described in the preceding paragraph or participation in the regular primary election, and whose candidates are listed on the regular general election ballot without an indication of the convention nominating party that nominated the candidates
- requires a registered political party to choose whether to be a primary nominating party or a convention nominating party
- modifies signature-gathering thresholds
- makes technical and conforming changes
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